Does anyone but me get bummed out after you weigh at your doctor's office?

I just went to the doctor for a routine physical.  Their scale weighed me cosiderably heavier (15 pounds!) than my home scale.  The scale at my gyno's office weighs me ten pounds less than my home scale.  Should I be bummed about this or just keep taking it in stride, knowing that I am losing weight and that is the bottom line?  Three pants sizes don't lie, do they?

I say just keep it in stride. As long as the number on the scale keeps going down, it really doesnt matter what it says. Eventually it will get to where you want to be. I am getting weighed at the doctors on wednesday and am actually looking forward to it because I want to see which one of the scales I use is the most accurate, so I will have a more accurate picture of how much I need to lose to finally be at a healthy weight for the first time in my life.

You have to remember that every scale is different and probably calibrated differently. I weigh 3-4 lbs more at my PCP than I do on the scale that morning - which I attribute to shoes, clothes, and whatever I ate/drank that day. At my ob-gyn I weigh less with all that on than I did that morning with nothing on. I prefer that scale obviously, lol, but if your clothes are getting looser and your home scale is going down I say that's all that matters.

Wait, you LET them weight you at the doctor? I refuse to get on the scale and tell them what I weighed at home that morning, naked and before eating.

You guys are brave.

yeah I'm usually a few pounds heavier but I just tell myself that's the clothes and shoes. ;)

Just had this happen. I weighed 13 lbs more than the previous day.  I always ask if they want me to tell them what I weigh and they refuse.  Then I make fun of them because if you're going to keep records then they might as well be accurate, not weighing me with my coat, pants, belt, wallet, keys, shoes....okay you get the picture.

I always weigh about 5 lbs more on my gyno's scale, and I just figure it's because I'm fully dressed at the time (and my appointment is always in December, so I'm wearing jeans, heavy sweater, ect ;))  But about 3 years ago I had "gained" 4 lbs according to their records, and so the doctor made a snarky comment as to the effect that I must have "gotten married and let myself go..." I am 5'2 and weigh around 135 lbs, hardly a fat slovenly cow!  You know, I must really be an idiot to keep going to this guy...

I despise weighing with my clothes and everything on.  I weighed at home, then weighed a gallon of milk, which weighs 8.59 pounds.  My scale pointed to 8.5.  (I know, I know, I should be using a digital, but this one is what I started out with and it has brought me luck thus far.)  IMO, this proves that my scale is fairly accurate.

I'll just keep going by my scale and let the doctor's digital one say what it will.  I'm not going to get discouraged! :)

I was wondering the same thing myself. I always weigh 5-7lbs more at my dr's than at home. On my scale and my moms scale I weigh the same. I think that the scales at the dr's office get a lot more use out of them than the ones at home. Atleast that is what I tell myself

Is it safe to assume that scales at the doctors office are the most accurate (excluding the fact that your dressed and whatever).

I  just got back from a visit to a gastroenterologist and....

I NEVER let them weigh me at ANY DR. ofice LOL, I just tel them my weight, I know my scale is accurate and I don't want to see an unreal big number on the scale so I just don't.

I just went to gyno today and sure enough - their scale weighed me about 5 pounds more!  I have boots on today... but 5 pounds!!  yikes.

i don't have any problems.  my scale is the same as the regular doc & the gyno.  :D

i guess i have a good scale then...  & it was a cheap one.

you guys.... they are just numbers!

You should know that its not the actual number that counts, but the number DIFFERENCE!

Focus on the difference, not the actual number, and you can only focus on the difference at home, since you have more than one point to look at.

Anyway, don't freak out! you can let them weigh you and then simply NOT LOOK!

I weight close to 290.  All the scales from Wally World are 10-15 lbs off.  I spent $85 for a scales on amizon.com.  It was 1/2 lb off from the doctor's digital scales so I'm satisfied that I spent my money well. 

Argh, last time I went to the doc I got weighed with my shoes and winter coat on!  And yeah, after a big breakfast and lunch...I should not have looked at that scale.  It sucks how hung up we can get on these numbers.  But that's all we have sometimes, cause it's tough to gauge your own weight loss any other way, since it's so gradual.  But 3 pant sizes do not lie, so don't be bummed!  : )

Yes.

During my ED recovery attempt three years ago, I gained exactly 10 lbs in a month and it was so hilarious because at the beginning of the month the nurse had weighed me in at 88 lbs and by the end, I was 98 lbs. She was like "uh........hmm. let's check again." Same number. "I guess I made a mistake last time?" I just smiled. LMAO

*sigh* I don't think those people should be allowed to comment on the weight they record though.... I mean, if someone were 260 at the beginning of the month, and 250 at the end, would she have thought she made a mistake? no! 

I disagree with your statement miss_cas about scales at Walmart are 10-15 lbs off.  Get real.  Are you saying that they are intentionally calibrated wrong, or the air is heavier and the atmosphere is different there?  Would it make a difference if I bought a fictional "xyz" scale at Walmart, that it's going to give me a different reading than if I bought the same "xyz" scale from Payless or Bi-Mart, or Bed, Bath and Beyond?  I have a Wally-world scale that weighs me within 2-3 lbs of what the doctors office says.  At home I weigh naked first thing in the morning, At the doctor's office I have on clothes, without my shoes and try to wear lighter weight clothing when I know I have to weigh in.  I also weigh myself with the same clothing that I will be wearing when I weigh-in for the doctor before I go to the doctors office.  If I forget to do that, then once I get home I weigh myself and check the difference. 

Never once have I had a 10-15 lb difference with my Wally-world weight and my doctor's office weight.  That really is weighing apples to oranges, and not fair of you to make a blanket statement like that.  Where did you glean your information from?

Today I have everything in perspective.  I'm going to keep weighing on my scale and recording those results.  It is consistent when I weigh and it seemed to be accurate when I weighed an object on it.  There is one scale in that doctor's office and four doctors share the office.  I would say that the scale sometimes weighs close to 100 people per day. 

On the day of my last appointment, I weighed myself on the way out the door, fully dressed just as I would be when I got there.  I was tickled that their scale showed me at 4 pounds lighter. 

Kay.